Numbers paint a confusing picture for Cubs

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Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Published 5/21/2008 by Cubnut at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog -
... On an infinitely more mundate note, Dayn Perry at foxsports.com argues that the Cub Express must be seen as wobbly, given that Ryan Dempster appears to be pitching with a rabbit's foot or similar in his pocket--Dempster's 2.11 batting average against on Balls in Play is way below the normal .290-.300 range--Carlos Marmol is on pace for an ungodly number of innings pitched, and Jason Marquis is just not very good. ...

FOX Sports: Perry: Numbers paint a confusing picture for Cubs
Published 5/21/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
FOX Sports: Perry: Numbers paint a confusing picture for Cubs Numbers? Crumbholds are going to burn out Marmol! So those are two areas of under-performance — versus same-side hitters and with RISP — in which Lilly as likely to improve from this point onward. The Cubs’ hope is that his likely improvement will offset Dempster’s likely decline. Of course, this isn’t taking into account Jason Marquis’ ritual second-half collapse. Considering he’s already working with a 4.96 ERA, he doesn’t have much room to get worse and still be able to cling to a spot in the rotation. So the Cubs ...

In the News (5/21)
Published 5/22/2008 by Jared (noreply@blogger.com) at Right Field Bleachers
... - Dayn Perry of FoxSports.com provides a few more reasons why the Cubs will not keep up this pace: They will play a lot more games on the road for now on Ryan Theriot, Geovany Soto and Ronny Cedeno are playing over their heads Ryan ...

Beating Up on Jim: Arcane Cubs List of the Week
Published 5/22/2008 by Cubnut (noreply@blogger.com) at A Hundred Next Years
... Earlier today at The Cub Reporter, I pointed to this piece by Dayn Perry of FoxSports.com, who sees the possibility of clouds forming on the currently sunny Cub horizon. (He wonders about the true quality of the Cub pitching staff and whether or not Carlos Marmol will be pitched to death before he and his teammates have a chance to be fitted for World Series rings.) ...

Thursday's Frosty Mug
Published 5/22/2008 by KLSnow at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
... Soapbox time: If you've read the Mug more than 3 consecutive days, ever, you know I'm not a fan of Dayn Perry. Here's the first two paragraphs from his most recent column. I've added the bolding: ...

Interesting Cubs article
Published 5/22/2008 at Fire Dusty Baker
... 22 May Interesting Cubs article " Numbers paint a confusing picture for Cubs ." It's well worth a read. Some frightening thoughts in there, such as: Why Dempster can't keep up his hot start. Carlos Marmol is on pace to pitch 104.0 innings. However, there are a lot of positives. posted at 12:38:25 on 05/22/08 by ...